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H.. W. PISHEL.

BOUTONNIRE.

No. 502,854. 'Patented'Aug 8, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. FISHEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Bou'roNNlRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,854, dated August 8, 1893.

Application iiled May 26, 1893. Serial No. 475,584. (No specimens.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. FISHEL, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Boutonnires, of which the following is a specification.

I will describe a boutonnire embodying my improvement and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boutonnire stud embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the boutonnire complete. Fig. 3 is a sectional side view illustrating a modification.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the tigures.

A designates a stud which may be made of any Suitable material, as, for example, metal,

wood or Celluloid. It comprises a back plate or shoe a', a stem or post a2, a Iiange or socket a3 and a nipple 0.4, all these parts being made in one integral structure. This stud is intended to be slippedinto a button hole. To its nipple is fastened an artilicial flower B. This may-be secured against the flange or socket a3 by passing the nipple a4 through the leaves or petals and then producing a lateral projection inside of the flower. This lateral projection may be produced by upsetting or bending the nipple in any suitable manner.V For instance, the end portion of the nipple may be split and the bifurcate portions may be bent laterally. If preferred, the nipple may be screwthreaded and a nut applied to it inside of the flower, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Instead of a nut, a piece may be clinched onto the end of a plain or unscrewthreaded nipple; or the nipple may be upset, or riveted.

If the stein and nipple are made hollow, a reservoir for perfume may be attached to the back of the stud, as indicated by the dotted lines C in Fig. 3. Perfume carried in this reservoir may be ejected through the stud.

By the term shoe, I Wish to include any projection, as, for instance, a spiral.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a iiower, of a stud made in one integral piece and having astem or post, a back plate or shoe, a socket and a nipple made in one integral structure, the nipple being passed through the flower to fasten it to the stud, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a ower, of a stud made in one integral piece and having a stem or post, a back plate or shoe, a socket and a nipple made in one integral structure, the nipple being passed through the liower and provided with a lateral projection inside the flower for'fastening the flower to the stud, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a flower, of a stud made in one integral piece and having a stem or post, a back plate or shoe, a socket and a nipple made in one integral structure, the nipple being passed through the fiower and split at the end and bent laterally to fasten it to the stud, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W. FISHEL.

Witnesses:

ANTHONY GEEF, RoBT. A. KELLoND. 

